Ice-cream cutter.



C. E. PHENICIL ICE CREAM CUTTER.

APPLlcATloN-r|LED mm2, 191s.

1,27*?1 16. Patented Aug. 27, 1918.

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ICE CREAM CUTTER.

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ICE-CREAM CUTTER.

Speciication'of Letters Patent.

Application iled March 2,1918. V*Serial No. 219,987.

To all whom t may concern; Y i

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. Pirnurorn, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of rlacoma, in the county of Pierce and State.

of Washington, have invented a new and Improved llLceLCream Cutter, ofwhich the following is a'full, clear, and exact descrip.-y tion. 1 y jThe object of the invention is to provide a new. and improved ice creamcutter more especially designed to cut ice cream into bricks. `Anotherobject is to permit of cutting the ice cream brick into slices. An-`other object is to insure'accurate cutting of f into bricks or thelatter into slices, a lixed gage spaced fromthe. saidknife al distancecorresponding to the length of `an ice cream brick, and `a second gageadapted to .be

swung into active position intermediate thev knife and the saidfirst-named gage to permit 'of cutting an ice cream brick into slices.

A practical embodiment ofthe invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings forming a part of' this specicatiom in whichsimilar characters of reference ,indi-v cate corresponding parts in allthe views.

Figure 1 is4 an end elevation of the ice cream cutter;l i Y, j

Fig. 2 is a plan'view of the same;` Fig. 3 is a sectional frontelevation of the same, on` line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and A Fig. tis asectional side elevation of the cutting ledge at the bottom of the knife16 is directly `above the top of the table 11'f second gage in activeposition when cutting anice creamfbrick into slices. i

In the manufacture of ice cream bricks as heretofore practised ithasbeencustomary to first run the liquid ice creaminto a moldabout25finches long, 65e-inches wide and-B inches deep. The moldk anditscontents are next placed into a refrigerator to freeze the ice creaminto a block, which is then re? moved from the' mold and placed on thetable and ,'cut acrossi'nto eight pieces, commerciallyknown as icecreambricks. They cutting is done by the use of a large knife wielded by'anoperator, and the knife-is ap` plied on the ice cream block along faintdepressedrv line marks extending .across vthe block andformed byproviding ridges in the mold. This cutting process is naturally slow andinaccurate as vthe operator frequently has difficulty in seeing thefaint cut- IPatented Aeg. 2*?, 191s.

ting marks with the Y result that the ice.

cream bricks are of uneven size. With my improved icecream cutterpresently de- `scribed in detail, the ice cream'block is not" onlyv cutinto accuratef ice cream bricks but"V each brick can be cut into sliceswhenever it is desired to do so.

On a suitably constructed stand 10 is mounted a table 11, preferablyV ofmarble or similar material. On the stand 1,0 is

erected .a'post 12 at the rear of the table 11,

andthe said post is provided with bearings 13 and 14 in which ismountedto slide up and down a bar 15 carrying a transversely extendingknife 16 disposed above the table 11,.and serving to cut a block of icecream into bricks or a brick into slices, as hereinafter more fullyexplained. The lower end .of thevbar 15 is provided with a sleeve 20mwhich screws'the upper threaded end 21 cfaJ rod 22provided at its lowerend with a threaded portion 23 screwing into a sleeve 24 pivotallyconnected at 25 with a treadle 26 fulcrumed at 27 on the stand 10. Thetreadle 26 isconnected with the lower end yof a spring 28 attached tothe stand 10 and serving to hold normally the treadle 26V inuppermostposition' and likewise the knifeV 16. The treadle 26 extendsthrough a guidei `way* 29 attached to the stand l0 and ,thev saidguideway limits the downward swinging movement-kof the treadle 26 whenthe latter is pressed on bytheffoot of the operator standing infront ofthe table 11. When the treadle 26 is presseddown until it strikes' thebottom ofthe guideway-29 then `the thus preventing the cutting edge'from cutting into the table and being injured ment lof this movement,the thread ed portions 21 and 23 of the rod 22 are provided one, 'with-a right-hand thread and the other with aV left-hand thread so that onturning the rod 22f the desired adjustment is obv tained to'prevent thecutting edge 'of the ice creambricks, and the ice cream block thereby.In order to allow accurateadjusb isY pushed over the table from ltheleft to the 4right Luntilits rightehand, end abutsV i is spaced adistance from the yknife 16'coragainst a stationary gage 40 extendingtransversely above the rightfhand end of the table 11. The gage y40 isadjustably secured by a set screw 4l to a rod 42 extendinglongitudinally at the back of the machine and secured by a set screw 4.3in a bearing 44 attached to the post 12. The gage 40 responding to thelength of the ice cream brick to be cutfrom the ice cream block.

It is understood that normally the knife M16 isin uppermost position,that is, with its cuttingedge above the top of the ice cream blocksupported on thetable 11, and when' itis desired to cut this ice creamblock into a brick it is moved from the left to the right along thevabutment 30 until the right-hand end of between thefork members 52, 53of asle'eve the ice cream block abuts againstthe gage 40. The operatornow presses the treadle 26 thus movingthe knife 16 downward to cut theforward end of theice cream block with a view to form an ice cream brickofthe desired length. wWhen this has been done the operator releases thepressure on the' 54 adjustably secured by a set screw 55 to the rod 42so that it can be adjusted` along the said rod to vary the thickness ofthe slices. The sleeve 54 is arranged to hold,

the gage 50,A in inactive position as shown in the drawings, kor to holdthe said gage 50 in a horizontal .positionintermediate the knife 16 landthe gage 40. In order to hold the second gage 50 in thishorizontalfactive position, its hub 51`is provided with alug 56 adaptedto abut against the under side of the sleeve 54, as plainly showny inFig. 4.'

The gage 50 when inl active horizontal posi' tion is spaced a. distancefrom the knife 16 corresponding to the thickness of the slices to be cutfrom the icecream brick. It is understood that when 'it is desired toslice an ice cream brick then the gage 50 isswung from its Vinactiveposition forward and downwardv into horizontal active position, and thenthe brick is moved from the left to the right until theright-hand vendof the brick ab-utsy against 'the gage 50, after which the operatorpresses the treadle 26 to cause the knife 16 to cut a slice off theright-hand end of the brick. Vhen this has been done the operator`releases the treadle 26 to allow the latter and theknife to return touppermost position after whichthe slice is removed and the brick isagain pushed to the right against the gage 50 and the above lto do so.

operation is repeated to cut off another slicel of the brick. Y Y Y Fromthe foregoing it will be'seen that by the arrangement described an icecream block can be quickly and accurately cut into bricks of the propersize,`and each brick can be cut into slices whenever it is desired Theice cream cutter shown and described is very simple and durable inconstruction and vis not liable to get easily out of order.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. i An ice cream cutter, comprising a table "adaptedto support a block of ice cream, a

knife mounted to .move up and down above' the table to cut the blockinto bricks or the latter into slices, a fixed gage spaced from thelsaid knife a distance corresponding tol the length of the ice creambrick, and a second gage adapted to be movedrintov active positionintermediate the knife and the f first-named gage to permit of cuttinganlice cream brick into slicesand adapted to be movedl into inactiveposition when the ice cream block is being cut into bricks.

2. An ice cream cutter, comprising a table adapt'edto support a block oficecream, a knife mounted to move up and down above the table'to cuttheblock into bricks or the latter into slices, a fixed gage spaced fromlthe said knife a distance corresponding to the length of the ice creambrick, a second gage pivotally mounted and adapted Vto be` swung intoact-ive position intermediate the knife'and the said first-namedl gageto permit of cutting an ice cream brick into slices, means to adjustthesaid second gage nearer to or farther from the said knife, and means topermit vof swinging the said second gage into active position or out ofactive position and to hold it in this latter position during the timethe ice cream block is cut into ice cream bricks.

3. An ice cream cutter, comprising a table, a post erected on the backof the table and provided with bearings, a transverse knife extendingabove the top of the table and provided with bearings, a transverseknife extending above the top of the table and providedwith a barmounted to slide up bar to move the knife up and down, the said knifewhen in lowermost position having its cutting edge immediately above thetop of the table, a longitudinally Vextending rod attached to the saidpost, a transverse gage fixed on the said rod and extending above thetable a distance from the said knife core responding to the length ofthe ice cream brick to be eut by the said knife from a block of icecream supported on the table `and down in the said bearings, anadjustable ti'eadle mechanism connected with the said and abutting withone end against the said V gage, a second transverse gage mounted toswing on the said rod intermediate the said knife and the saidfirst-named gage, and a forked adjusting member `adjustably secured onthe said rod and having its members engaging the sides of the saidsecond gage to hold the latter against longitudinal movement after thesaid adjusting member is fastened in the adjusted position, the end ofthe ice cream brick being adapted to abut against the said second gageto permit of cutting the said brick into slices.

oiproeating knife disposed above the table near one end thereof, alongitudinally eX- tending rod at the back of the table, a sta-` Copiesof this patent may beobtaned for tionary gage on the rod, and a secondgage pivotally and adjustably mounted on the rod between the knife andthe first gage.

5. In an ice cream cutter, a table, a reciprocating cutter disposedabove the table near one end thereof, a longitudinally eX- tending rodat the rear of the table, a stationary gage on the rod, a sleeve havingspaced members and adjustably mounted on the rod, and a second gagemounted onr vthe rod between the members of the sleeve Y Vand providedwith a lug adapted to engage 4C. In an ice cream cutter, a table, arethe underside of the sleeve to hold the gage in khorizontal positionbetween the knife and first gage. t

CHARLES ELMER PHENICIE.

Washington, D. C.

